During recordings “Anjo Meu” in 2012, actor Elder Agapito, 36 years old, experienced a great fright. He tore his ligaments, which caused him to walk on crutches for part of the soap opera. The problem is currently mitigated but not fully resolved, as the actor told TV Guia.
“At that time, I clamped my leg completely. I had to remove the saphenous vein (the vein that comes out of the groin and runs through the knee) and all that. Two or three packs of tobacco … and at some point the body gave by itself, ”he recalled.
“I remember being in the bathtub and my knee hurt down here, then it got worse until it got to my groin. Only then did I go to the doctor who gave me the opportunity to have the operation. Tuesday or next Thursday and I left it there Thursday. They took a bypass road. It was decided at that time, but not everything, ”he said. In November last year, the actor again had an operation. Girlfriend, Ines Curado, he even made an effort to solve the problem once and for all, but without much result: “In the end, I gave it up because I would have to spend a week with my leg up and I was afraid that there would be work. Custom. I didn’t go and then the pandemic screwed up. “
Chronic illness
When he had to extract the saphenous vein, the actor was “diagnosed with a chronic vascular disease” for this reason, and so that nothing bad happens, you need to have constant medical supervision. “My vascular surgeon told me that every year I have to do something, even if I inject a fluid that hurts terribly.” But Helder says that now that he has a daughter, Mel, 4 years old, he will really have to give in. “In the end, I will need to have surgery. So it will be. “
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